Locations:
GW Hospital Auditorium and Online (via Zoom)
GW Hospital Auditorium Address:
900 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037
(Lower Level)
Day of Week & Time:
Thursdays from 10:30am-12:00pm
Fall 2026
| Date & Location | Presenter(s) | Title of Presentation |
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September 17th , 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
Jeffrey S. Akman, MD Professor and Chair Leon M. Yochelson Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Benedicto Borja, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Program Director Psychiatry Residency Training Program Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs Director of Medical Student Education Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD Charles and Sonia Akman Professor in Global Psychiatry Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Global Health and Anthropology Director, Center for Global Mental Health Equity Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health |
Departmental Update |
| September 24th, 2026 | PRITE EXAMS - No Grand Rounds | No Grand Rounds |
|
October 1st, 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
Andrew Matz, MD, MPH Medical Director, GWUH Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health GW SMHS |
Case Review Conference |
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October 8th, 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
George Koob, PhD Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
Jerry M. Wiener Endowed Lecture in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Changing the Conversation about Alcohol: A Neurobiological Perspective |
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October 15th, 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
Eric Caplan, PhD Historian and Author |
When Healing Harms |
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October 22nd, 2026 Location: Virtual |
Kalen Petersen, PhD Assistant Professor, Neurology Department Washington University in St. Louis |
Aging Differently: HIV Geroscience in the Brain and Epigenome |
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October 29th, 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
John Clark, MD PGY-IV Resident GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health |
Case Conference |
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November 5th, 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
Harold Pincus, MD, RES ‘79 Professor and Vice Chair Department of Psychiatry Co-Director, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Senior Scientist RAND Corporation |
Seymour Perlin, MD Centennial Lecture Behavioral Health Integration: the Case for PACE |
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November 12th, 2026 Location: Wiener Conference Room |
John Lee, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Understanding LGBTQ+ Tobacco Use in the United States |
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November 19th, 2026 Location: GW Hospital Auditorium |
Nina De Lacy, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of Utah |
Seymour Perlin, MD Endowed Lecture in Suicidology A Century of Suicide: Insights from Long-Term Data |
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November 26th, 2026
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No Grand Rounds – Happy Thanksgiving! | No Grand Rounds – Happy Thanksgiving! |
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December 3rd, 2026 Location: Virtual |
John Fatollahi, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego and George Washington University Staff Psychiatrist, VA San Diego Healthcare System VA Site Director, UC San Diego Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship |
Opioid Use Disorder: Current Treatment Approaches |
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December 10th , 2026 Location: Virtual |
Joseph J Palamar, PhD, MPH Professor of Population Health NYU Langone Health |
A Review of the Effects and Epidemiology of Common Party Drugs |
| December 17th, 2026 | No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! | No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! |
| December 24th, 2026 | No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! | No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! |
| December 31st, 2026 | No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! | No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! |
Accreditation
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this continuing medical education activity for 1.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physicians' Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
CME certificates will not be issued on an activity-by-activity basis. However, a transcript of CME credits earned through GW grand rounds may be requested from the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions by calling 202-994-4285.
